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• Live Covid updates as cases rise in Bristol and pupils get grades

  13-08-2020 08:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Follow our coverage for all the latest Covid-19 news from today
  
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• Four charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin

  16-07-2026 12:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Quantities of drugs have been seized alongside cash and high-value items
  
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• Avonmouth recycling centre fire still going 24 hours later

  16-07-2026 12:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police and firefighters were called
  
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• Love Island fans admit 'thought my mind was playing tricks' after editing mishap

  16-07-2026 12:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island viewers were left baffled after spotting an editing error during last night's explosive episode
  
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• Love Island fans slam 'dangerous narrative' between Priya and Ethan

  16-07-2026 12:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island viewers have raised concerns about a 'dangerous narrative' surrounding one star's romantic choices in the villa just weeks before final
  
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• 'Stay away' warning 24 hours after Avonmouth recycling centre fire breaks out

  16-07-2026 12:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Smoke remains in the area more than a day after the fire started
  
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• Antidepressant side effect alert as GP says 'it happens at night'

  16-07-2026 12:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People who take antidepressants have been urged to keep an eye out for a symptom that can occur at night
  
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• Mason's mum calls on police to release image of her son's killer

  16-07-2026 11:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'Not having his picture out there gives him some sort of protection and anonymity still'
  
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• Love Island fans discover star's 'long lost brother' on Netflix dating series

  16-07-2026 11:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Netflix star themselves shared a video of his Love Island 'twin'
  
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• ITV Love Island fans say same thing as stars face brutal blow days before final

  16-07-2026 11:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island fans were left fuming after last night's episode ended on a cliffhanger, forcing viewers to wait for game changing result
  
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• Statement following launch of new national Policing Performance System

  16-07-2026 11:02 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A new Policing Performance System has been launched today by His Majesty’s Inspectorate for Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The system sees all police forces in England and Wales assigned to one of four levels depending on performance and marks the start of a new approach to assessing, supporting and improving the service police forces provide to their communities.
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• Met Office 'less hot' verdict - when weather is set to change

  16-07-2026 09:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Latest Met Office UK forecast suggests heatwave will soon end
  
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• DWP state pension and PIP update ahead of new UK Prime Minister

  16-07-2026 07:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham is likely to be the new PM within days
  
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• Sam Neill cause of death confirmed - NHS symptoms to know

  16-07-2026 07:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The movie star died earlier this week aged 78
  
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• WECA 'squandered' £1m on staff exit payoffs in last three years

  16-07-2026 07:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  West of England Combined Authority chief exec paid £235,000 salary
  
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• Bristol taxpayers paying higher rent for new offices and ‘bearing brunt of botched deal’

  16-07-2026 07:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But the amount has been kept secret
  
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• Popular Sunday market 'under threat from new council traffic order'

  16-07-2026 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'Traffic from the new development would have no other public road to go down'
  
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• Growing village near Bristol 'needs a railway station again'

  16-07-2026 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  More than 250 people want the government to act, including the local MP
  
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• Bristol hospitals top list of most expensive NHS car parks in the South West

  16-07-2026 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It can cost more rthan £20 a day
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: World Rugby confirm drugs ban for former Bristol Bears star Chris Vui

  16-07-2026 06:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Vui was one of Bristol Bears' superstar players until he 'disappeared' in 2023
  
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• Love Island fans 'understand why Ellie went home' after brutal confession airs

  15-07-2026 23:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The ITV star is said to have sensationally quit Love Island just days before the final
  
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• Man brutally attacked partner while she was on phone to 999

  15-07-2026 23:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'I have constant fear that James is released from custody and he tries to kill me again…'
  
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• Child, 11, dies after he's hit by bus 'trying to get to mum'

  15-07-2026 22:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A coroner concluded Seth Fulton crossed the road when it was 'not safe to go'
  
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• Four charged with drugs conspiracy

  15-07-2026 20:13 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Issued on behalf of the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit** Four people have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs following an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unt (SWROCU). Ashley Leighton, 25, of Spencer Drive, Weston-Super-Mare; Anthony Calloway, 26, of York Road, Bedminster, Bristol; Caitlin Marie George, 29, of Headford Road, Knowle…
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• Love Island fans distracted by Molly-Mae Hague 'twin' in 2026 villa

  15-07-2026 18:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island viewers have spotted striking resemblance between a 2026 star and former Islander Molly-Mae Hague
  
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• Man jailed for domestic abuse attempted murder

  15-07-2026 18:23 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for 20 years after trying to kill a woman he was in a relationship with. James Stock was convicted of the attempted murder of Caroline Goddard and has been sentenced for his crimes today (Wednesday 15 July). Caroline called 999 at about 3.20am on 27 July 2025 and reported to police that Stock was trying to kill her at a property in Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare.
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• Bristol Dockyards launches amid controversy of the SS Great Britain's transformation

  15-07-2026 17:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'We never intended to change the name of the ship'
  
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• What time is Love Island on tonight?

  15-07-2026 17:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Reality fans will face a difficult choice tonight as England's next World Cup game will clash with the ITV2 programme
  
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• Police board up Bristol 'drug' property and ban aggressive visitors

  15-07-2026 17:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Neighbours have had to pay to clean up items left by drug users
  
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• Warning after crack cocaine dealer jailed for five years

  15-07-2026 17:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “Drug-dealers like Karl Burchell cause untold misery in our communities"
  
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